The Romney Marshes are a large, flat, area of South East England and include the most Southerly point in Kent. Modern descriptions of the area call the entire area the Romney Marshes but region really comprises five geologically distinct areas: the original Romney Marshes, Walland Marsh, Denge Marsh, Guldeford Levels and Rother Levels.

Romney Marsh

The original Romney Marshes and amongst the first land to be drained and inned. Subsequently protected from sea flooding by the Rhee Wall (now the A259) which marks the border to the rest of the Marshes.

Walland Marsh

The North Western side of the Marsh, starting at the border with the original Romney Marshes at the Rhee Wall and running to the Sussex Border. The Walland Marsh was frequently flooded during the middle ages (with occasional floods in current times) and so has traditionally been less populated and farmed than the Romney Marshes and retains much of the original ditches and small fields. 

Denge Marsh

The most Southerly edge of the Marshes, starting South of Lydd and including Dungeness headland.

Guldeford Levels

Largely mud-flats and river estuaries around and including Rye.

Rother Levels

Situated around the Isle Of Oxney and compromising the path of the River Rother and its tributaries.

Last update: 22-06-2008 20:33